CURV vs. ZUMZ, CTRN, TLYS, DBI, TAST, TITN, BIGC, FLWS, HZO, and MOV
Should you be buying Torrid stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Torrid include Zumiez (ZUMZ), Citi Trends (CTRN), Tilly's (TLYS), Designer Brands (DBI), Carrols Restaurant Group (TAST), Titan Machinery (TITN), BigCommerce (BIGC), 1-800-FLOWERS.COM (FLWS), MarineMax (HZO), and Movado Group (MOV). These companies are all part of the "retail/wholesale" sector.
Zumiez (NASDAQ:ZUMZ) and Torrid (NYSE:CURV) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, earnings and risk.
Torrid has higher revenue and earnings than Zumiez. Zumiez is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Torrid, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Zumiez had 2 more articles in the media than Torrid. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Zumiez and 1 mentions for Torrid. Torrid's average media sentiment score of 1.33 beat Zumiez's score of -1.00 indicating that Zumiez is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Zumiez has a beta of 1.38, meaning that its share price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Torrid has a beta of 1.91, meaning that its share price is 91% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Torrid has a net margin of 0.99% compared to Torrid's net margin of -7.15%. Zumiez's return on equity of -5.42% beat Torrid's return on equity.
Zumiez received 552 more outperform votes than Torrid when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 47.96% of users gave Zumiez an outperform vote while only 37.70% of users gave Torrid an outperform vote.
95.5% of Zumiez shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.8% of Torrid shares are held by institutional investors. 20.3% of Zumiez shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 9.8% of Torrid shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Zumiez currently has a consensus price target of $16.00, suggesting a potential downside of 13.56%. Torrid has a consensus price target of $4.39, suggesting a potential downside of 25.04%. Given Torrid's higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Zumiez is more favorable than Torrid.
Summary
Torrid beats Zumiez on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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